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ment of future generations we must incur heavy expense in protecting 

 it from fire. The State, in fact, cannot afford for the present to expend 

 any more money on parks than it will be absolutely compelled to expend 

 to prevent the destruction by fire of the forests of the Big Basin. The 

 Federal Government should, and probably will, if desired, assume charge 

 of the Yosemite Park as it has of the Yellowstone Park, and the legislation 

 required for that purpose by our Legislature should be enacted at the 

 coming session.— 5"on Francisco Chronicle, Nov. 28, ISOJf. 



Action of the Sierra Club on the Proposed Change 

 OF Boundaries of the Yosemite National Park. 



San Francisco, Gal., August 23, 1904. 

 To THE Honorable Board of Commissioners Appointed to 

 Investigate and Report on the Boundaries of the Yo- 

 semite National Park. 

 At a recent meeting of the Board of Directors of the Sierra 

 Club, the undersigned committee was appointed to communicate 

 to your Honorable Commission the views of the board regarding 

 any proposed change of boundaries of the Yosemite National Park. 



I. With relation to the western boundary of the park, while 

 we regret the necessity of reducing the area of the park at all, 

 yet, influenced by the fact that there are such a large number 

 of private holdings, we are therefore not opposed to having 

 Townships 2, 3, and 4 South, Range 19 East, withdrawn from 

 the park and added to the Sierra Forest Reserve. 



To withdraw any larger area either to the east or north of 

 the three townships mentioned would, we believe, be too great 

 an encroachment upon the wonderful scenic features, for the 

 preservation of which the park was created. 



II. We strongly recommend that the northern and south- 

 ern boundaries of the park be left unchanged (other than the 

 slight change on the southern boundary which would be occa- 

 sioned by the withdrawal of Township 4 South, Range 19 East, 

 already mentioned). 



There is no territory adjacent to either of these boundaries 

 which does not include remarkable scenic features or afford 

 protection to such. Of course we would favor any extension 

 along these boundaries. 



III. In relation to the eastern boundary of the park, we 

 not only recommend that no territory be withdrawn adjacent 

 to such boundary, but we also strongly urge the addition of the 

 following territory to the present area of the park: The west 

 one half (^) of Township i North, Range 25 East; all of 

 Township 2 South, Range 26 East; and the west one half {%) 

 of Township 4 South, Range 27 East. 



